Tonight as I'm watching the fiery waning moon ascend over what I know are gorgeous golden rolling hills with a lone tree etching itself into the moon, I think "we've got to take this place back, can't let it come completely from our grasp."
Hell, this isn't even my state, but I can see what we have in her. She's ours, just like my home state is ours. I'm in a place part desert, part farmland but all beautiful. The night breeze here feels so different than an indian summer Carolina wind. Not sticky and thick, clean almost sweet smelling. And the locals are like my kin without accents though we don't say a word. Yeah, gonna go watch the moon some more and enjoy that wind that's skipping across all those hills in the golden state. Icemonkey doesn't know it but I could stretch my arm out and touch him.
I'm in a place part desert, part farmland but all beautiful.
That would be any low desert area in the south, and most of southern California is like that. Your description of evening in the fall is accurate and one reason I'm a bit loath to leave my home state. I'm one of those guys who likes the desert, especially the low desert areas nestled against tall, tall mountain ranges, like the San Gabriel, San Bernardino, and San Jacinto mountain ranges.
I lived in the south for seven years and loved being there, but the humidity was more than I could take. Warm and dry is my preference, only because I grew up in it.
[ - ] jfroybees [op] 1 point 7 monthsSep 25, 2024 13:36:18 ago (+1/-0)
It's a bit more north. My description may be off, because it sure is DRY in the warmer months, never a drop of rain.
People can talk shit on current California politics that are being shoved down the throats of the Whites all they want, but they cannot dispute the beauty of the land.
Have you ever driven the 395 north? I did an overnight visit in Bishop for Mule Days and I thought the drive was amazing. It was in the spring and the creeks were running with cold melt water from the mountains.
[ - ] jfroybees [op] 1 point 7 monthsSep 25, 2024 19:13:28 ago (+1/-0)
Not yet have I gotten to Bishop and so many more small wonderful towns. Thank you for the heads up on Mule Days. It will happen 2025. Heading to Redding for a long weekend. I can't wait.
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[ - ] Lost_In_The_Thinking 1 point 7 monthsSep 25, 2024 07:09:31 ago (+1/-0)
That would be any low desert area in the south, and most of southern California is like that. Your description of evening in the fall is accurate and one reason I'm a bit loath to leave my home state. I'm one of those guys who likes the desert, especially the low desert areas nestled against tall, tall mountain ranges, like the San Gabriel, San Bernardino, and San Jacinto mountain ranges.
I lived in the south for seven years and loved being there, but the humidity was more than I could take. Warm and dry is my preference, only because I grew up in it.
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[ - ] jfroybees [op] 1 point 7 monthsSep 25, 2024 13:36:18 ago (+1/-0)
People can talk shit on current California politics that are being shoved down the throats of the Whites all they want, but they cannot dispute the beauty of the land.
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[ - ] Lost_In_The_Thinking 0 points 7 monthsSep 25, 2024 18:52:48 ago (+0/-0)*
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[ - ] jfroybees [op] 1 point 7 monthsSep 25, 2024 19:13:28 ago (+1/-0)